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SUMMARY:Leadership challenge roundtable (Online)
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by MD2MD\, our Confidential Round Table discussions offer a safe space for Managing Directors\, CEOs and senior leaders to explore real business challenges\, share insights and gain fresh perspectives from peers who truly understand the realities of leadership. \nThis is not a sales event\, it’s peer-to-peer relationship building and leadership conversations among equals. \nWho should attend\nThis session is designed for: \n\nManaging Directors\, CEOs and business owners of an SME business turning over £1m+\nSME business leaders leading a team of more than ten people\nLeaders who value honest discussion\, accountability and continuous improvement\n\nWhy attend\n\nDiscuss real-world leadership challenges in a confidential environment\nGain valuable insight and advice from experienced peers\nExperience the MD2MD approach with practical\, honest and focused on growth\n\nOur members consistently say these sessions are among the most valuable conversations they have because they’re surrounded by people who get it. \nNon-members\nAttendance is by invitation and suitability\, to ensure every discussion delivers genuine value for all participants. If you are not a member but would like to experience an MD2MD meeting\, please email the team at events@md2md.co.uk for further information and to reserve your space. \nJoin a community of leaders committed to learning\, sharing and growing together. \nWith MD2MD – It’s no longer lonely at the top.
URL:https://www.md2md.co.uk/event/leadership-challenge-roundtable-online-oct-2026/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online leadership roundtable
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SUMMARY:Women in Leadership group discussion
DESCRIPTION:Our Women in Leadership membership is for ambitious women in business who want a trusted space for honest\, open and supportive conversations with like-minded peers. You’ll join a community of senior women leaders who are managing teams\, departments or entire organisations and who are looking to grow\, challenge themselves and support one another. You will be open\, engaged and willing to share your experiences while benefitting from a peer-to-peer community of collaboration\, connections and knowledge-sharing. \nOur group discussion gives our members the opportunity to table any current business challenges and gain diverse perspectives and useful insights on how you may manage this challenge going forwards.
URL:https://www.md2md.co.uk/event/women-in-leadership-group-discussion-nov-2026/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Women in Leadership
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SUMMARY:Social networking dinner
DESCRIPTION:Dine\, connect and recharge with the MD2MD community. \nOur informal dinners create the space for business leaders to connect outside of formal settings. No agendas\, no pressure – just good food\, great conversation and the chance to get to know fellow SME leaders on a personal level. \nBy starting with genuine connection\, we lay the foundations for relationships that go far beyond our events. When leaders get to know each other as people first\, trust builds naturally and that trust becomes the basis for more open\, honest and productive conversations. These connections continue well beyond the dinner table\, creating a supportive ecosystem that leaders can lean on. \nBook your place via this link \nOr if you are an ambitious business leader of an SME and you are interested in joining us for the full event including workshops and challenge roundtables\, please let us know through our interest form here or give the team a call on 01865 600800 or email on events@md2md.co.uk.
URL:https://www.md2md.co.uk/event/social-networking-dinner-nov-2026/
LOCATION:Reading
CATEGORIES:Social networking dinner
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SUMMARY:LeaderFest 2026
DESCRIPTION:MD2MD’s annual leadership conference\, this year’s theme is Preparing Leaders for the decade ahead. \nLeaderFest is a high-energy\, future-focused day for SME leaders who want to stay ahead of accelerating change. Through powerful interviews\, expert insight and interactive collaboration\, you’ll explore how to respond to disruption\, harness new technologies and adapt your business for the decade ahead. \nThis is not theory\, it’s real-world insight\, shared experience and practical strategies from SME leaders facing the same challenges as you. \n \n  \nClick here for full information.\nMembers book here\nSenior Leadership Team book here\nNon-Members book here (Early bird tickets available until 30/09/26)
URL:https://www.md2md.co.uk/event/leaderfest-2026/
LOCATION:Green Park Conference Centre\, 100 Longwater Avenue\, Reading\, RG2 6GP
CATEGORIES:Leadership conference
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SUMMARY:Leading Through Midlife Transitions: What Senior Women Need Now
DESCRIPTION:This is a chance to go beyond simple menopausal awareness and straight into leadership reality. I want to hear directly from you about: \n\nwhat’s working\nwhat’s failing\nwhat’s missing\nAnd what needs to happen next if organisations are serious about supporting women through menopause.\n\nMy work sits at the intersection of leadership\, culture change\, and the male perspective. I’ve written Conversation Shifts for Men: Leadership\, menopause and the case for Workplace Change\, and I’ve spent years helping leaders tackle the difficult\, unspoken\, systemic issues that quietly shape careers. \nThe session isn’t a lecture but a strategic conversation. \nYour insights will directly shape the next evolution of leader education\, male allyship\, and organisational practice. \n\nWe will explore four themes\, each designed to open up the conversation. \n1. The Strategic Landscape: Why This Matters Now \nUnderstanding whether menopause is seen as a genuine organisational priority\, or still a private\, hidden struggle. \n2. Culture & Accountability: What Organisations Get Wrong\, and What Great Ones Do \nExploring how culture\, systems\, line managers\, and psychological safety all affect whether women stay\, step back\, or step up. \n3. The Conversation Shift: What Language Actually Lands with Men\, Leaders & Boards\nCo-testing ideas\, tone\, framing and male-allyship messages which land with men\, executives and Boards. \n4. Practical Wins: What You’d Want Your CEO or HRD to Do Tomorrow Morning\nIdentifying the most useful\, realistic\, high-impact steps that organisations can take. \nLooking Ahead: AI\, Leadership and New Opportunities \nWe will also touch on the opportunities AI presents for women navigating midlife transitions. Beyond the headlines\, AI is becoming a practical tool for personal and professional productivity\, helping us think through challenges\, manage competing demands\, prepare for difficult conversations and explore new possibilities. But there is another\, perhaps more interesting\, question. As AI takes on more routine and knowledge-based work\, could human qualities such as empathy\, judgement\, collaboration and the ability to build trust become even more valuable? These are capabilities sometimes dismissed as ‘soft skills’ or traditionally associated with feminine leadership. Perhaps AI gives us an opportunity to reconsider what we value in leaders\, and what that might mean for women and their careers. \nHow I’ll Use These Insights\nYour insights will feed directly into: \n\nnext-stage leader education and male allyship development\npractical tools for line managers and senior leaders\nrefined messaging for boards\, CEOs\, and HRDs\nmy speaking\, consulting\, and training programmes designed to change the workplace narrative\n\nThis group has the lived experience and leadership insight that can reshape how organisations treat menopause\, not as an HR initiative\, but as a culture and performance imperative. \nWhy attend?\nAbout me: \nGuy Ellis \n \nI coach senior women in finance\, tech and other male-dominated environments to rebuild confidence\, raise their profile\, and lead with calm\, credible authority in systems that weren’t designed with them in mind. With decades of experience as an HR Director\, change consultant\, and leadership coach\, I understand how organisations really work and where they quietly hold women back. \nI founded Courageous Workplaces and developed the Leadership Inside Out framework to help leaders cut through organisational noise\, navigate tough dynamics\, and lead with greater clarity\, courage and impact. My clients come for honest\, strategic conversations and leave with sharper thinking\, practical steps forward\, and the confidence to progress whether that means stepping into the C-suite\, influencing at board level\, or simply reclaiming space to lead well. I also speak and write about the often unseen challenges women face at work\, from confidence erosion and being “too nice” to career-defining transitions that rarely get discussed openly. \nTakeaways\nBy the end of the session\, you will leave with: \n\nA clear understanding of what forward-thinking organisations are starting to do right\nPractical\, high-impact ideas you can apply immediately in your own workplace\nThe chance to directly influence the next wave of leadership-focused menopause support\nA complimentary copy of my book
URL:https://www.md2md.co.uk/event/womens-midlife-transitions-workshop/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Topic workshop online
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SUMMARY:Leadership challenge roundtable (Online)
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by MD2MD\, our Confidential Round Table discussions offer a safe space for Managing Directors\, CEOs and senior leaders to explore real business challenges\, share insights and gain fresh perspectives from peers who truly understand the realities of leadership. \nThis is not a sales event\, it’s peer-to-peer relationship building and leadership conversations among equals. \nWho should attend\nThis session is designed for: \n\nManaging Directors\, CEOs and business owners of an SME business turning over £1m+\nSME business leaders leading a team of more than ten people\nLeaders who value honest discussion\, accountability and continuous improvement\n\nWhy attend\n\nDiscuss real-world leadership challenges in a confidential environment\nGain valuable insight and advice from experienced peers\nExperience the MD2MD approach with practical\, honest and focused on growth\n\nOur members consistently say these sessions are among the most valuable conversations they have because they’re surrounded by people who get it. \nNon-members\nAttendance is by invitation and suitability\, to ensure every discussion delivers genuine value for all participants. If you are not a member but would like to experience an MD2MD meeting\, please email the team at events@md2md.co.uk for further information and to reserve your space. \nJoin a community of leaders committed to learning\, sharing and growing together. \nWith MD2MD – It’s no longer lonely at the top.
URL:https://www.md2md.co.uk/event/leadership-challenge-roundtable-online-dec-2026/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online leadership roundtable
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SUMMARY:Social networking dinner
DESCRIPTION:Dine\, connect and recharge with the MD2MD community. \nOur informal dinners create the space for business leaders to connect outside of formal settings. No agendas\, no pressure – just good food\, great conversation and the chance to get to know fellow SME leaders on a personal level. \nBy starting with genuine connection\, we lay the foundations for relationships that go far beyond our events. When leaders get to know each other as people first\, trust builds naturally and that trust becomes the basis for more open\, honest and productive conversations. These connections continue well beyond the dinner table\, creating a supportive ecosystem that leaders can lean on. \nIf you are an ambitious business leader of an SME and you are interested in joining us for the full event including workshops and challenge roundtables\, please let us know through our interest form here or give the team a call on 01865 600800 or email on events@md2md.co.uk.
URL:https://www.md2md.co.uk/event/social-networking-dinner-oct-2026/
LOCATION:London
CATEGORIES:Social networking dinner
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SUMMARY:Optimising pricing to grow revenues
DESCRIPTION:Pricing is the most powerful\, yet underutilised lever for profit growth. Many businesses still rely on cost-plus approaches and underprice the true value they deliver. \nThis interactive workshop led by Rory and Lauren of Simon Kucher will equip business leaders with practical tools to improve pricing and monetisation decisions to help grow revenues. \n\nWhat will be covered?\nIn this session\, participants will: \n\nUnderstand why pricing is so important and the most effective profit lever\nLearn a framework to structure pricing decisions (what to sell\, how to charge\, how much to charge)\nIdentify where they may be leaving money on the table today\nLearn practical pricing psychology techniques (e.g. anchoring\, framing\, decoy effects) to influence customer decisions\nExplore proven approaches to increase prices and improve price discipline\nDefine a clear\, actionable pricing initiative to implement in their business\n\nThe session will be highly interactive\, with peer discussions and breakout exercises designed to apply concepts directly to each member’s business. \nSimon-Kucher is a global consultancy firm with over 2\,000 employees in 30+ countries focused on unlocking better growth that drives measurable revenue and profit for our clients. With over 38 years of experience in monetization topics of all kinds – Simon-Kucher are regarded as the world’s leading pricing and growth specialist. \nTopic Experts: \n \nRory Sweeney is a Partner based in Simon-Kucher’s London office. \nHe specialises in working with B2B software/SaaS\, information/data providers\, events\, and tech-enabled businesses\, with a particular focus on go-to-market and pricing topics. \nHe has 10 years of strategy consulting experience\, having led 60+ engagements for both corporate and private-equity backed companies\, delivering actionable recommendations to grow companies’ revenues \nHis expertise spans growth strategy formulation\, customer segmentation\, value proposition and positioning\, business model design and transformation\, packaging/bundling architecture\, pricing strategies\, sales incentives redesign\, and operating model redesign/implementation \nPrior to joining Simon-Kucher\, Rory worked in strategic pricing at RELX Group and was formerly a management consultant with Accenture. Rory holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Bath. \nLinkedIn \n  \n  \n \nLauren Carter is an experienced Commercial Growth expert at Simon-Kucher with over a decade spent focused on strategy\, marketing and pricing\, supporting over 50+ clients across the globe. Leads much on Simon-Kucher’s client work in the Consumer Goods & Retail industry within the UK market supporting companies on commercial topics including go-to-market strategy\, brand strategy\, strategic pricing\, RGM\, price & promotional optimisation and trade term development. With a particular focus on the FMCG and fashion/apparel industries. Additionally\, considerable experience supporting Industries\, Construction\, Energy & Telco companies on customer segmentation\, value prop. development\, pricing & packaging optimisation\, customer base management\, loyalty schemes and sales optimisation. \nLinkedIn
URL:https://www.md2md.co.uk/event/optimising-pricing-workshop-january-2027/
LOCATION:Evelyn Partners\, London
CATEGORIES:In-person workshop
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SUMMARY:Leadership challenge roundtable
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by MD2MD\, our Confidential Round Table discussions offer a safe space for Managing Directors\, CEOs and senior leaders to explore real business challenges\, share insights and gain fresh perspectives from peers who truly understand the realities of leadership. \nThis is not a sales event\, it’s peer-to-peer relationship building and leadership conversations among equals. \nWho should attend\nThis session is designed for: \n\nManaging Directors\, CEOs and business owners of an SME business turning over £1m+\nSME business leaders leading a team of more than ten people\nLeaders who value honest discussion\, accountability and continuous improvement\n\nWhy attend\n\nDiscuss real-world leadership challenges in a confidential environment\nGain valuable insight and advice from experienced peers\nExperience the MD2MD approach with practical\, honest and focused on growth\n\nOur members consistently say these sessions are among the most valuable conversations they have because they’re surrounded by people who get it. \nNon-members\nAttendance is by invitation and suitability\, to ensure every discussion delivers genuine value for all participants. If you are not a member but would like to experience an MD2MD meeting\, please email the team at events@md2md.co.uk for further information and to reserve your space. \nJoin a community of leaders committed to learning\, sharing and growing together. \nWith MD2MD – It’s no longer lonely at the top.
URL:https://www.md2md.co.uk/event/leadership-challenge-roundtable/
LOCATION:London
CATEGORIES:In-person leadership roundtable
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